Thread 14? Corona Cohort Yr 12 2021 - 'Vaccinations and Eliminations'

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Just place marking for the New Thread!

Well, dd has decided on the basis of online virtual tours only that she hates Exeter but likes Bristol... Whether she will do any further, more in-depth research remains to be seen. At the moment it isn't looking likely that she'll get the grades for either.

We're in the opposite position to other posters, in that we are in the SW and it is therefore difficult to get to most places north or east of London (even the nearest motorways are 1.5 hours drive away).

Half term is going to be dedicated to RE catch-up and relaxation. We did a forest walk yesterday, have just received a big Waterstones order. This morning we're experimenting with vegan pancake recipes. Happy half term to all.

For those of you with DH’s with diabetes, DH has just had his vaccine text through.

Re Bristol - we looked at it for s1 - had the most gorgeous engineering library. He had an offer but preferred Bath. He was barely 18 starting & quite shy & Bristol itself seemed quite edgy so it was probably a good call for him.

My friend’s Dd went there & has developed the most bizarre accent. Sort of a Sloane Ranger drawl.

You can hear that on Youtube videos by students decor!

decor it's change at Manchester from us for Leeds.

Dd is keen on Bath/Bristol/Exeter at the moment! I will be interested to see what happens to her accent. She went from attempting to copy the local Black Country accent at her primary (not entirely successfully -it's hard to pick up) to developing a bit of private girls school accent at secondary. She proudly told me before Christmas that she'd now got a proper Brummie accent, after moving schools! She's the type that subconsciously adapts the way she speaks to those around her..

That's good news @FoolsAssassin, they seem to be flying through the groups now.

When I was at Birmingham I used to teased at home for having a Brummie accent. When I went back to Birmingham it was all teasing about how strong my London accent was. Couldn't win.

Dd1 hasn't developed the Bristol drawl yet. But she had an awful American accent as a kid when we lived in H.K. for 7 years which she proceeded to lose very quickly.
Dd2 sounds like she speaks English as a foreign language. Her friends are Asian kids so she speaks their version of rather gutteral English with an American accent. Her twin brother is very English sounding so joint trips to the orthodontist incite some rather odd looks.

Everyone seems so much further ahead in the Uni side, my DS is focused on not too far away as he doesn't want a long journey home. They haven't been given any half term work and told to relax, he does have the Springpod thing-he has been doing lots of gym work (small set up in the garage). He is much happier now he thinks they are going back on the 8th, just hope that happens!!

Accents are fascinating. When my kids were at primary every child seemed to have the same vaguely posh accent - and it was a very diverse school with lots of children of recent immigrants etc.

DS is at UWE but no sign of a Bristol accent - his is more Welsh, but I think that is down to his flatmates! Shame - I love a real Bristolian accent. Would seem out of place in Sarf London though!

DD hasn't got any work apart from her independent research project (not doing EPQ but still has to do an extended essay for school). I think she should probably be starting her geography coursework, but she is determined that she is dropping it. Hope school agree....

I don’t think it was a local Bristol accent that this girl developed- I had assumed it was from hanging out with all the privately educated kids!

Ah well mine was privately educated but definitely had Sarf London tendencies before he went

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In lieu of a Durham Open Day, is a walk around video from just before Christmas.

Watch out for the highlight of 0.5 secs of my DS in the Tesco queue!!!!!!

Sorry - link is wrong, it's one. I wouldn't want you to miss DS!

I hate links...

@Decorhate I think the Bristol drawl is a private school/southern/public school accent. Spoken widely in Clifton/Redland, not the genuine Worzel one.. which I love.

Durham does look really nice. My friend’s DD changed her accent at Kent. It was quite weird having a conversation with her and she kept saying ‘ya ya ‘ at end of everything at one point.

I don’t think I am going to get very far on subject of university with DS until next set of exam results are in.

Proper Bristol people say "So where's that to my lover?" when looking fo something and describe things (and DS1 when he was a baby) as "gert lush".

Accents are fascinating! I did a module on sociolinguistics (how language pronunciation and accenting varies and develops within society) when I was at uni (a million years ago, obv) which has really stayed with me. It was just a little taster, but the way that we use accent, dialect words etc to signal the groups we belong to and 'who we are' is fascinating. The researchers who first studied accent said it proved that that women were more alert to social pressure and signalling status, and they tended to use fewer dialect words, and their pronunciation was more RP. Later work proved that actually it was the other way round: the men they were studying (working class, northern towns) used accent and dialect to signal that they were part of a group/create a sense of solidarity. A nice example of internal bias in data interpretation ;-) There is also lots about how we choose to talk to create a sense of power and authority (and how that varies by sex/gender roles) See also the inexorable spread of 'estuary' English, which used to be a local dialect but where the markers of the accent were 'spread' via TV (at the time I was studying). I'd LOVE to know how social media is impacting that. Sorry, that was a bit of an off topic diversion: do feel free to ignore ;-)

Very interesting @AndwhenyougetthereFoffsomemore! I'd love to study something like that. I was really surprised at the difference in accents when dd moved from the independent school to the grammar school, as the latter is in a 'posh' part of Birmingham and is obviously a grammar so beloved of the middle classes... but there are plenty of Brummie accents around. My ds' grammar is in a more inner city area and he seems to have picked up an annoying gansta/street version of the Brummie accent!

But dd definitely adapts more to suit the group she's with, whereas ds just talks the way he talks - presumably to signal the group he belongs to! :)

I went to Bristol and had native Bristolian cousins - the difference in accent between my student peers and my family members was pretty amazing.

Monkey I find those phrases very soothing as remind me of my childhood and grandparents, along with sticking ‘L’ on the end of some words. Took DD to be measured for a bra on a visit to Bristol once. Will never forget her face when the lady starting calling her ‘me lover’. I was wondering what was wrong as so used to it then realised why the 😯 look !

It's a bit like being called cock/cocker in the Black Country!